Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
Paul VI gives tiara to world's poor.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31819 PAUL VI GIVES TIARA TO WORLD’S POOR VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI places his diamond-studded papal tiara on an altar as an offering for the world’s poor while attending a solemn Concelebrated Mass in the Byzantine Rite before Fathers of the Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica. With him (left) is Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal master of ceremonies. At right, Melkite Rite Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh of Antioch and all the Orient kisses cross held by the Pope. The patriarch officiated at the Mass with 12 bishops and archimandrites. The beehive-shaped crown donated by the Pope is made of silver, with three gold coronets set with diamonds, sapphires and rubies. It had been presented to him on his coronation by the faithful of the Milan See where he had served as archbishop for five years. Valued by some at $80,000 the crown was to be sold at public auction and the proceeds given to the poor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-11C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Byzantine rite--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Dante, Enrico., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Popes., Mass., Bishops--Vatican City., Tiara, Papal., Church work with the poor--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356558
Title:
Paul VI gives tiara to world's poor.
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Byzantine rite--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Dante, Enrico., Maximos IV, Patriarch of Antioch, 1878-1967., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Popes., Mass., Bishops--Vatican City., Tiara, Papal., Crosses--Vatican City., Church work with the poor--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356373
Title:
New cardinals represent many nations.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32087 NEW CARDINALS REPRESENT MANY NATIONS Twenty countries were represented among 27 new cardinals named by Pope Paul VI to bring the Sacred College to a record total of 103 members. Among the cardinal-designate were: (Top row, left to right) Ukrainian Rite Archbishop Josyf Slipyi of Lwow, who was released early in 1963 after 18 years of Soviet imprisonment; Maronite Rite Patriarch Paul Peter Meouchi of Antioch; and Archbishop John C. Heenan of Westminster, England. (Top group of small pictures, left to right) Melchite Rite Patriarch Maximos Saigh of Antioch, who played a prominent role at the Second Vatican Council; Msgr. Federico Callori di Vignale, the Pope’s Majordomo; and Msgr. Charles Journet, distinguished Swiss theologian and author. (Lower group of small pictures, left to right) Archbishop Owen McCann of Capetown, South Africa; Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger of Paderborn, Germany; and Archbishop Carlo Rossi of Sao Paulo, Brazil; (rest of top row) Archbishop William Conway of Armagh, Ireland; and Archbishop Enrico Dante, Papal Master of Ceremonies. (Bottom row, left to right) Archbishop Eremenigildo Florit of Florence, Italy; Archbishop Leon-Etienne Duval of Algiers, Algeria; Archbishop Maurice Roy of Quebec, Canada; Msgr. Joseph Cardijn, Belgian-born founder of international Young Christian Workers (Jocist) movement; Bishop Angel Herrera y Oria of Malaga, one of Spain’s most social-conscious prelates; and Archbishop Franjo Seper of Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-1D-65-TFD)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Slipyĭ, Ĭosyf, 1892-1984., Meouchi, Paul Boutros, Cardinal Patriarch of Antioch, 1894-1975., Heenan, John Carmel, 1905-1975., Maximos IV, Patriarch of Antioch, 1878-1967., Šeper, Franjo, 1905-1981., Callori di Vignale, Federico., Journet, Charles., McCann, Owen., Jaeger, Lorenz, 1892-1975., Rossi, Agnelo, 1913-, Conway, William, 1913-1977., Dante, Enrico., Florit, Ermenegildo, 1901-, Duval, Léon-Etienne, 1903-, Roy, Maurice, 1905-1985., Cardijn, Joseph, 1882-1967., Herrera Oria, Angel, 1886-1968.
Topics:
Bishops., Theologians.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355856
Title:
Pope blesses Agnus Dei.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31960 POPE BLESSES AGNUS DEI VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI immerses “Agnus Dei,” or Lamb of God, discs in a bowl of holy water and balsam during the first such ceremony of his reign. The oval discs of pure wax are stamped on one side with the impression of a lamb to symbolize Jesus and on the other with the papal coat-of-arms. They are solemnly blessed by Popes at intervals of seven years. The sacramentals are intended as protection against Satan, sickness, sudden death, temptation or tempests and as a medium of divine help for expectant mothers. At the Pope’s rights is Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal Master of Ceremonies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Dante, Enrico., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topics:
Popes., Clergy--Vatican City., Agnus Dei (Sacramental), Sacramentals.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355833
Title:
Pope blesses Agnus Dei.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31960 POPE BLESSES AGNUS DEI VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI immerses “Agnus Dei,” or Lamb of God, discs in a bowl of holy water and balsam during the first such ceremony of his reign. The oval discs of pure wax are stamped on one side with the impression of a lamb to symbolize Jesus and on the other with the papal coat-of-arms. They are solemnly blessed by Popes at intervals of seven years. The sacramentals are intended as protection against Satan, sickness, sudden death, temptation or tempests and as a medium of divine help for expectant mothers. At the Pope’s rights is Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal Master of Ceremonies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12D-64-NBM)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Dante, Enrico., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topics:
Popes., Clergy--Vatican City., Agnus Dei (Sacramental), Sacramentals.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355832
Title:
Blesses Agnus Dei.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Dante, Enrico., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topics:
Popes., Clergy--Vatican City., Agnus Dei (Sacramental), Sacramentals.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355713
Title:
Pope aids in Agnus Dei disc production.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Dante, Enrico., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topics:
Popes., Clergy--Vatican City., Agnus Dei (Sacramental), Sacramentals.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355689
Title:
Head of St. Andrew will be sent to Greece.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Biserica Ortodoxă Română--Clergy., Scrima, André, 1925-2000., Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate), Holy Cross Theological School (Brookline, Mass.)--Faculty., Panteleimon Rodopoulos, Very Reverend., Dante, Enrico., Willebrands, Johannes., Catholic Church. Secretariatus ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam., Catholic Church--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Clergy., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Reliquaries., Relics., Cultural property--Repatriation--Greece., Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Greece.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349350
Title:
Pope returns St. Andrew relic to Orthodox.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31616 POPE RETURNS ST. ANDREW RELIC TO ORTHODOX VATICAN CITY -- Orthodox and Catholic prelates stand behind an altar on which rests a gold reliquary containing the famed relic of St. Andrew the Apostle being returned by Pope Paul VI to the Orthodox Church in Greece. The relic was venerated by the Fathers of the Vatican Council at a Mass and a procession in St. Peter's Basilica. Shown from left are Archimandrite Andre Scrima of Paris, a Romanian Orthodox priest under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul; the Very Rev. Panteleimon Rodopoulos, dean of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological School, Brookline, Mass.; Archbishop Enrico Dante, Papal Master of Ceremonies; and Bishop Jan Willebrands, secretary of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. The two Orthodox prelates are delegate-observers from the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the Vatican Councils third session. The relic -- skull of St. Andrew --is being sent to the Orthodox Diocese of Patras. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Biserica Ortodoxă Română--Clergy., Scrima, André, 1925-2000., Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate), Holy Cross Theological School (Brookline, Mass.)--Faculty., Panteleimon Rodopoulos, Very Reverend., Dante, Enrico., Willebrands, Johannes., Catholic Church. Secretariatus ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam., Catholic Church--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Clergy., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Reliquaries., Relics., Cultural property--Repatriation--Greece., Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Greece.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349125
Title:
After mass for deceased cardinals.
Description:
Pope Pius XII leaves Sistine Chapel after attending a Solemn Requiem Mass for six members of the Sacred College of Cardinals who died within the past 12 months. Celebrant of Mass was Cardinal Tisserant, secretary of Congregation for the Oriental Church. The Pontiff was accompanied by 13 cardinals.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cappella Sistina (Vatican Palace, Vatican City), Catholic Church--Bishops--Vatican City., Catholic Church--Vatican City., XII, Pius, Pope, 1876-1958., Dante, Enrico., Carinci, Alfonso., Kaas, Ludovico.
Topics:
Popes., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Vatican City., Cardinals--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148376

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